Can't find any reliable source about this news on the internet, just this one -
http://meg.onemega.com/gang-rape-victim-blaming-filipina/There was an incident of gang rape recently in my hometown, it went viral because there's a video. A 15/16 year old girl raped by four teenage boys, one is already 18, and mostly of the younger generations blamed her for being raped.
My nephew showed me the video of the alleged gang rape scandal, the video was short, and you can't even clearly see the girl's face. The girl wasn't crying on the video, she just consistently cursed and told them to stop, and she looks out of breath. The video went viral, and there was a debate about it between my nephews and nieces. It was the girl's fault, they said, but only one didn't agree. And majority of netizens in my country blamed her too.
Their own basis why they blamed her;
-She shouldn't have accepted the invitation of random people when she was asked to drink with them.
-She wasn't crying on the video, and she never resisted.
-She reported it late and only after the video went viral.
My own basis for not blaming her;
-Although the girl was conscious, she was drunk and out of breath, and she couldn't even move a single muscle.
-She
verbally resisted.
-Those boys are much stronger.
My mind went blank when I heard their opinions about it, I just told myself; f*ck these kids for not showing any sympathy.
The majority of younger generation, and netizens in my country already concluded that it was the girl's fault. This kind of thinking will never stop until we educate them. If this will go on, sooner or later, the word sympathy will just be a word.
"Men who rape tend to start young, in high school or the first couple of years of college, likely crossing a line with someone they knows.Some of these men commit one or two sexual assaults and then stop. Others — no one can yet say what portion — maintain this behavior or even pick up the pace."
This is the main reason why we should educate those kids. But honestly, I never had the strength to explain it to my nephews and nieces. I might break their
"fairytale-like" life even further.
It should be taught in schools, here in my country, but it will never happen because of religion.